Tschauch River

Past Producer in Russia with commodities Platinum, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103648
MRDS ID M045579
Record type Site
Current site name Tschauch River
Alternate or previous names Chouge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: 59.8409, 57.71095 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Russia(country)

Europe(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country
Russia

Comments on the location information

  • RUSSIAN SFSR, URALS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATES CONTAIN 1-3% AU, CONCENTRATE: OS= 0.56, PT= 78.63, IR+RH= 2.79, PD= 0.20, CU= 1.66, FE= 15.57 (DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, XXXV) MIXTURE FERROPLATINUM AND PLATINUM, MAGNETIC, WT. PERCENT: { 15 24 {OSIR 0.50 0.61 {PT 78.63 81.52 {IR+RH 2.79 1.71 {PD 0.20 0.43 {CU 1.66 1.75 {FE 15.57 12.86 {NI - 0.22 {SUM 99.41 99.10

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) 59.8409, 57.71095

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.53M
    Length 9397.59M
    Width 198.12M
    Depth to top 68.28M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nishny-Tagil

Comments on the production information

  • GRADE VARIES FROM PLACE TO PLACE AND WITH TIME OF EXPLOITATION 1= 30,832 X 650 X 2 CU. FT. X 0.01 TOZ/TON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH, 1920, LE PLATINE..., P. 360-361

  • Production

    DUPARC AND TIKONOWITCH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1975 Till, Alison B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.